Section: US & Canada
Ukraine troops nearing MH-17 crash site; U.N. opens war-crime probe
Ukrainian government forces recaptured three towns from pro-Russia separatists and were pressing toward the Malaysia Airlines crash site in eastern Ukraine where the separatists accused of downing the plane have obstructed international disaster investigators, officials said Monday. …read more Source: Los Angeles...
White House says Russia ‘losing’ war in Ukraine
The White House said Monday that Russia is “losing” its war in eastern Ukraine and warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s regime faces more sanctions this week by the U.S. and its European allies. “On the battlefield itself, the Ukrainians are doing very well,” said Tony Blinken, White House deputy …...
France to Lead Air Algerie Black Box Analysis
The black boxes from an Air Algerie flight that crashed in Mali last week, killing all 118 people aboard, arrived in Paris on Monday as France takes the lead in the investigation. France’s transport minister said reviewing the data from the jet could take “weeks.” Flags flew at half-mast in France on Monday as the country began...
Western nations agree on new Russian sanctions over Ukraine, France says
Leaders reportedly voiced regret that Russia was not putting pressure on separatists to bring them to the negotiating table …read more Source: The Globe and...
International police team turns back from Ukraine crash site
A Ukrainian security spokesman says data from the recovered flight data recorders shows Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crashed due to a massive, explosive loss of pressure after being punctured multiple times by shrapnel. …read more Source:...
Fighting rages near MH17 crash site in Ukraine
As the investigation into the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 continues, fighting between the Ukrainian military and pro-Russian separatists intensified near the crash site in eastern Ukraine. International monitors and investigators were unable to examine the wreckage. Kitty Logan reports. …read more Source:...
Russia Celebrated Its Navy Day In Recently Annexed Crimea
Russia celebrated its de-facto annexation of Crimea by holding its annual Navy Day celebration in the Crimean port city of Sevastopol yesterday. Navy Day is a national holiday in Russia typically held on the last Sunday of July. The holiday originated with the Soviet Union, which first celebrated Navy Day in June 1939. Ukraine has also celebrated...
$50bn Yukos Case Latest Russia Cost
Russia has been caught firing artillery across the border at Ukraine – at least that’s according to these images, released by the U.S. on Sunday. It’s the latest development in the geopolitical standoff. And it’s against this backdrop that an international court in the Hague has ordered Russia to pay 50 billion dollars to...
Ukraine: Rebels still manipulating crash site
WASHINGTON — Ukraine’s foreign minister says pro-Russian separatists are continuing to try to manipulate the wreckage of the Malaysian airliner that the United States and others have accused the rebels of shooting down. …read more Source: Boston...
Poland, Britain call for more sanctions on Russia
WARSAW, Poland — The foreign ministers of Poland and Britain have called for more economic sanctions on Russia, saying it is responsible for the downing of the Malaysia Airlines passenger jet over eastern Ukraine this month.Poland’s Radek Sikorski said the responsibility for the downing of the airliner carrying almost 300 people rests...
